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My answers would be the same as others - add some real compound moves - you can start with the bar and work your way up - barbell squats, deadlifts, bench press etc.....I know that when people say you are not eating enough it's easier said than done when you have the issues that you say you are dealing with as far as…

You have to make sure are you have something that adds moisture, I always use pure pumpkin but unsweetened applesauce, Greek yogurt or cottage cheese works too. Add in a few tablespoons of egg whites, a little baking powder and maybe 1/8 cup of coconut flour, peanut flour or almond flour and you are good to go.

Second putting in freezer, never happens to me

Your TDEE changes with weight loss, so as you lose weight you need to adjust. If you are going to continue to use TDEE method (I do as well), your activity level is factored into that number so definitely recalculate factoring in your new activity level with the added exercise.

Have you considered switching to armour thyroid? I have Hashimoto's as well and tried every combination of synthetic prior to switching to armour and it has been vastly superior in every way. Low calorie, low carb is definitely not the answer as it causes your T3 to slow production - I average anywhere from 1550-2000…

Yes on both, I have to supplement D, my b12 came back up after supplementing for a while in the beginning

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Like the previous poster said, it's probably due to Hashimotos and you need your t4 free and t3 free plus your thyroid antibodies checked to see if you have it. Mine goes up and down all the time, I usually have to have my bloodwork done every 1-3 months depending on how it's doing. Go to www.stopthethyroidmadness.com for…

First of all I commend you on doing it even though you dislike it so much. Second I am wondering when you tried barbells and free weights, did you follow a routine and did you track progress and try to consistently increase your weights? It sounds like you have done a lot of trying different things but not sticking with…

If I don't go below parallel, I don't even want to count it :-)

Mine was as high as 249 at one point and I could not figure it out because like you, I eat healthy and am not overweight - then I went off the pill and switched from levothyroxine to armour and now it's around 140 and it dropped fast.

Use your HRM's numbers and yes they synch with polar HRMs in most cases now for heart rate, pretty cool.

Agree with going to www.stopthethyroidmadness.com, the best info you will ever get is there. And TigerBite is right, natural doesn't work for everyone - my mom is also hypo and she tried it and it was a disaster so she switched back. But if you are having palps, your meds are too high and being too high can be as bad as…

I also am hypothyroid (Hashimoto's actually). Do you have your lab results? Is it under control? Are you on synthetic or natural thyroid meds? Do you supplement vitamin D? When my T3free and T4free are in range, I have no problem losing - I switched to armour thyroid a couple years ago and it has made a huge difference.…

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Go to the group on here Eat More to Weigh Less - read all of the pushpins at the top and watch the videos - I started out like you (but not quite as low - more like 800-1200) but only for about 6 months - but it was enough time for my metabolism to completely adapt - so I would gain weight if I ate more. I joined this…

I am not sure what your goals are, but I would think 15% is plenty - the closer you get to goal, the smaller you want your cut to be.

Because your body wants homeostasis, so it adapts to that 1300 calorie level - which in most cases after a long period of time, especially without having some maintenance level days mixed in, becomes that persons maintenance level and they have to eat less and less to be able to lose (sacrificing any muscle they have along…

I second what Anitra said - I don't move a whole lot in my job, but I do exercise quite a bit so I know I am very active. I like this TDEE calculator the best, use the Katch McCardle since you know your body fat - it gives you more options on activity levels. http://iifym.com/tdee-calculator/

For your height and weight, you are not eating enough. Check out the group Eatmore2weighless and read the pins at the top

You are on a very low dose relative to the amount of synthroid you were taking. When I was on synthroid I was taking .125mcg and on armour I take 120-180mg (2-3 grains). I have been as high as 240mg (4 grains) at one point. I agree that you have to raise slowly, but that is definitely why you are going in the wrong…

I have never had that issue with Brooks...used to be diehard and they lasted forever - but now my only go to for running is Mizuno Wave Riders and New Balance Minimus Zero for lifting.

No, your metabolism will slow down and you will always have to eat that low or less to maintain it. There are a million other reasons in addition to that...and a million different posts on here already dedicated to it.

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Yes, when your levels come back to normal it will be easier. I disagree with the other post, exercising more is not necessarily good for the thyroid - eat right and exercise moderately - start lifting weights - extreme cardio stresses the thyroid, suppresses T3 even more and can make it worse. Make sure your doc tests T3…

I have been on armour for almost 2 years and have been between 120mg and as high as 180mg - when I was on levothyroxine, I was iom .150mg. I am much happier on armour.

Have you figured out what your TDEE is to maintain? If 2000 is higher than that, hence a calorie surplus, then you would in fact be in a bulk - you technically need to be above your maintenance calories to bulk, otherwise you would be recompositioning. If you look up a TDEE calculator, you can get an idea of what your…

Wow, awesome comparison - thanks! I have used a one since October and for Mother's Day my husband got me a flex. I wore them both for two days and found the same thing, the flex gave me more steps than the one and thus a higher calorie burn even when I counted my steps, the one was correct and the flex was high, so I…

It seems to me there is a correlation here between those that say they can't eat much more than 1000 calories and those same people that gain when they do. It just seems like they continue to stay so low because when they go a little higher, they gain because their metabolism has adjusted. They carry extra belly fat…

I also go by macros and have had a lot of success at 40-45% - I try to do it with as much whole food as possible but no way I would be able to make it without some protein supplementation.